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The This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses President Trump's executive order to freeze federal funding grants, the State Board of Education advancing a new rule requiring parents to give citizenship status upon enrollment of their children and more.

The Statewide Charter School Board voted Tuesday to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on the Oklahoma Supreme Court’s decision the contract for the nation’s first publicly funded religious school was unconstitutional.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics' panel discusses the State Supreme Court ruling against a Catholic charter school finding it unconstitutional, Gov. Kevin Stitt creating advisors rather than cabinet members to avoid state law banning people from holding two separate offices and more.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled Tuesday the state’s contract with what would be the first publicly funded religious school is unconstitutional and must be rescinded.

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit against what would be the nation’s first publicly funded religious school, the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual Charter School, beat one hurdle in their case Wednesday.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discuss the Oklahoma Supreme Court hearing arguments regarding a Catholic virtual charter school, approval for an initiative petition to raise the state's minimum wage to move forward and a preliminary hearing over Epic Charter Schools' cofounders.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond urged the Court to reject the school.

After five grueling days of preliminary hearing testimony, a decision on whether a case against Epic Charter Schools co-founders David Chaney and Ben Harris will go to trial is still over a month away.

Oklahoma is above the national rate for virtual school enrollment.

This Week in Oklahoma Politics panel discusses Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat announcing his chamber will not be passing any tax cuts during the governor's special session, State Superintendent Ryan Walters tapping a far-right influencer from California to an Oklahoma library committee shortly after reports were released of thousands of dollars in travel expenses and more.